Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) is in a meeting with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to deliberate on government’s silence over the Nigerian border closure in the past two months. Dr. Joseph Obeng, the president of the union in an earlier interview with GhanaWeb, said they are discontent with the way …
Read More »Yingli Namene submits proposal to construct 50 megawatts solar energy
Yingli Namene West Africa Limited, solar energy designing, developing and installation company, has submitted a proposal to government to construct a 50 megawatts rooftop solar energy for government buildings. The proposal is in line with the Ministry of Energy’s plan to improve renewable energy penetration from less than five per …
Read More »BoG orders closure of ‘illegal’ forex bureau
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Tuesday ordered the closure of Aero Cash forex bureau operated by two Nigerians in Dzorwulu, Accra. This is due to failure by the operators to provide relevant documents to the Bank of Ghana to ascertain the legality of their operations. A team from the …
Read More »Five former Ghanaian players who are coaches abroad
More often than not, many footballers enter into coaching after they hang their boots and even with some of them, they undertake coaching courses getting to the twilight of their careers so that when they retire, they start their new adventure. Coaches like Zidane, Laurent Blanc, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard …
Read More »CST: Telcos deliberately making gov’t unpopular – Assibey-Yeboah
The Chairman of the Finance committee of Parliament, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has accused telecommunications companies in the country of bad faith regarding the implementation of the recently increased Communications Service Tax, (CST). The tax which was reviewed upward from 6 to 9 percent now sees credits of customers deducted at …
Read More »Video: Family of alleged coup plotters invoke intervention of gods
Family of some of the persons accused of plotting to destabilise government have invoked on their gods to intervene in the matter. Making libation at the premises of a district court on Wednesday, relatives of a local gun manufacturer, said to be one of the masterminds of the alleged coup …
Read More »I Wanted Ronaldo To Stay At Real Madrid – Messi
The Argentine believes that the Portuguese’s presence gave star quality to the league and El Clasico while he is not targeting more Ballon d’Or glory. Barcelona star Lionel Messi has admitted that he wanted Cristiano Ronaldo to stay with Real Madrid. The pair have set the standard for individual performances over the …
Read More »Ato Essien, Other Sued Over Capital Bank Collapse
The State has sued former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of defunct Capital Bank, Ato Essien and Fitzgerald Odonkor and two others over the collapse of the bank. The state in its suit levelled 26 different counts of charges against the four which included Kate Quartey-Papafio and Tetteh …
Read More »‘Coup plotters’ charged with treason felony
State prosecutors have charged nine persons with treason felony for allegedly engaging in an “elaborate plot targeted at the Presidency”. They are Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, Dornyah “Ezor” Kafui (a local weapon manufacturer) , Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu, also known as BB or ADC, a freight manager, Colonel Samuel Kojo …
Read More »FIFA extends mandate of Normalisation Committee
FIFA has extended the mandate of the Normalisation Committee set up to run the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for a second time. The second mandate of the Normalisation Committee expired on September 30, 2019. However, in view of the upcoming GFA elections, FIFA has extended the Normalisation Committee’s mandate to …
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